Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)
DOCID: fr31de08-28 FR Doc E8-31169
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
DOCUMENT ID: [Order No. 1593]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr31de08-28
ACTION: Grants of Authority for Subzone Status:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Aircraft Manufacturing), Wichita and Salina, Kansas
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, the ForeignTrade Zones Act provides for ``...the establishment... of foreigntrade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,'' and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreigntrade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the establishment of specialpurpose subzones when existing zone facilities cannot serve the specific use involved, and when the activity results in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, grantee of ForeignTrade Zone 161, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a specialpurpose subzone at the aircraft manufacturing facilities of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, located in Wichita and Salina, Kansas (FTZ Docket 242008, filed 4/17/08);
Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (73 FR 2190321904, 4/23/08); and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner's report, and finds the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application is in the public interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status for activity related to aircraft manufacturing at the facilities of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, located in Wichita and Salina, Kansas (Subzone 161C), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 19th day of December 2008. David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E831169 Filed 123008; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY:
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (Aircraft Manufacturing), Wichita and Salina, KS,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, the ForeignTrade Zones Act provides for ``...the establishment... of foreigntrade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,'' and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreigntrade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the establishment of specialpurpose subzones when existing zone facilities cannot serve the specific use involved, and when the activity results in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, grantee of ForeignTrade Zone 161, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a specialpurpose subzone at the aircraft manufacturing facilities of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, located in Wichita and Salina, Kansas (FTZ Docket 242008, filed 4/17/08);
Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (73 FR 2190321904, 4/23/08); and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner's report, and finds the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application is in the public interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status for activity related to aircraft manufacturing at the facilities of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, located in Wichita and Salina, Kansas (Subzone 161C), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 19th day of December 2008. David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E831169 Filed 123008; 8:45 am]
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